What is the crime rate in Alton, IL?

In 2025, the Alton Police Department reported 205 violent crimes and 777 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 827 violent and 3,133 property crimes per 100,000 of the 24,803 residents it serves.

Across Illinois the rates were 258 and 1,556.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 827
Property per 100,000: 3,133
Violent crimes: 205
Property crimes: 777

Crime reported by the Alton Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	234	935	776	3,101	25,025
2024	237	955	671	2,705	24,809
2025	205	827	777	3,133	24,803

Violent crimes reported went from 234 in 2023 to 205 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 776 in 2023 to 777 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Alton against Illinois and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Alton	827	3,133
Madison County	258	1,259
Illinois	258	1,556
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Alton, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Alton	—	827	3,133
East Alton	2.7 mi	340	1,325
Wood River	4.9 mi	176	1,725
Bethalto	5.7 mi	109	546
Hartford	7.0 mi	87	1,569
Roxana	8.0 mi	71	1,070
South Roxana	8.1 mi	217	2,120
Brighton	9.5 mi	0	0

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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